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Value
Management

Assisting a client to identify ways of adding value to the project should not be an afterthought. Throughout the project, we are proactive in steering the design team to identify opportunities to increase value from day one.

Value management is about taking a wider view of the project and looking at the selection of materials, plant, equipment and processes to see if a more cost-effective or beneficial solution exists that will achieve the same project objectives. This means that clients, contractors as well as the project team also have a significant role to play when it comes to value management.

Value engineering is most effective when approached from all angles of design meaning the inclusion of the entire project team should be implemented as early as possible.

Value engineering is an inherent part of a cost consultant’s DNA and an area of cost management that we take pride in at Harris Associates. Value engineering should never be a drive to reduce costs at any cost! Hence, the process of value engineering is essentially the application of techniques to identify and eliminate unnecessary costs whilst maintaining or improving function and quality.

In construction, value engineering involves the consideration of a multitude of factors that might include the availability of materials, construction, transport, use of and maximising of the site. In addition, the effect and influence of statutory constraints, assessment of alternative designs or logistic methodologies and of course financial considerations. Future benefits of value engineering that can be delivered include a reduction in life cycle costs, improvement in quality, and a reduction of the impact a project has on the environment.

For more information please contact Shaun Harris.

Our Commitment To Net Zero

Harris Associates are committed to achieving net-zero by 2030, ahead of the government target of 2050. As part of our value engineering approach, we measure projects against our own sustainability performance matrix, a move that our clients approve of and embrace in equal measure.

Start Early & Collaborate

Value engineering should start as early in the construction process as is possible, the earlier the better as the benefits can be the most significant at project inception. However, value engineering involves most of the project team as the project develops.

It is also about taking a wider view and looking at the selection of materials, plant, equipment and processes to see if a more cost-effective solution exists that will achieve the same project objectives. This means that contractors as well as the project consultant group also have a significant role to play when it comes to value engineering.

In construction, value engineering involves the consideration of a multitude of factors that might include the availability of materials, options concerning the construction, transport, use of and maximising of the site, the effect and influence of statutory constraints, assessment of alternative designs or logistic methodologies and of course financial considerations. Future benefits of value engineering that can be delivered include a reduction in life cycle costs, improvement in quality, a reduction of the impact a project has on the environment and so on.

Value Management

Value
Management